Cover from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling, published 1914. Many older editions of Rudyard Kipling's books have a swastika printed on the cover, together with a picture of an elephant carrying a lotus flower, which reflects the influence of Indian culture, his use of the swastika, in both the left and right facing forms, was based on the Indian sun symbol which brought good luck and the Sanskrit word meaning "fortunate" or "well-being". Once the swastika had become widely associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Kipling ordered that it should no longer adorn his books.

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